The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-05-21

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where he had been imprisoned for not
serving the usual term in the army.
SeCret ary Bayard secured his release.
Canada refused to sell provisions to
Inc American schooner Clara Friend
At Halifax.
The tao British schooners seizsd in
BehrIns 0es a year ago for illegal fish
ing viii be sold at auction.
Russia has decreed that all mer-
chants Ia Posen having in
tercOurse beyond the Russian frontier
must pay the taxes OF the Russian
merchants guild and obtain Russian
trade license. German newspapers
are indignant, claiming that iU is q
crushing blow 10 home industry.
England acting on Information from
secret agents IN New York, sent the
cutter Orwell to Carrigabolt, Ireland,
to watch for the arrival Of an Amer
lean vessel with & cargo OF arms and
explosives.
The entire business part OF EastviIle,
Ia, inclu1tng twenty houses, one
church, and several barns, was de-
trOyed by FIRE on the 1lth. Lass
$50, 600; Insurance $53, 900.
Theodore Rocs= belt was banquet ed
at New YORK on he night OF tbe l1th
by the Federal Club.
Twenty thousand people Witnessed
the winning Of tne Kentucky Derby,
at Louisville Ou the lth by the y
colt MoutrCss IN 2:3glt.
James W. Hyatt, Of Conuec icut,
has been appointed United States
treasurer, vice Jordan. resigned
A collision on the Brighten Railway,
in Australia, on the 18th, resulted IN
the killing OF fourteen PERSONS.
The Queen, the n ,rquis OF Lorne
and Princess Louise visited Buffalo
Bills VIII Vest Slow at London on
he lIth.
Fire at Newton, \. H, on the night
OF the 10th caused by the kicking over
OF & lampby q horse, destroyed TWEEN
ty-one buildings. Loss, S25, 900.
A compromise mas been effected on
d basis Of nine hours work per day,
with pay for only nine hours, aud the
carpenters strike threatened at Pitts.
burg has been aver. ed.
The grain-drill works Of SelbY, Starr
d Co, at Peoria. H.. burned on the
10th, causing loss estimated at
800. 900.
The freight depot OF the Concord
Railroad at SuucOok, \. H, caught
ire on the 10th rom a spark from a
locomotive, and was burned, together
with 2 number OF residences and
places OF business. Loss, $40, 900 to
$50, ,O0G; insurance. $Z5, 900.
Two OF the lately. arrested Pan
Handle Railroad thieves were con-
victed at Pittsburg on the 10th.
j loss estimated at $500, 900 was
caused by fire a. Lebanon, n. H., on
the 10Th. The insurance Was $11O,-
OOO.
William Holdschneider, OF Harlan,
a., cut his throat in an Omaha hotel
because his wife drove him from home.
Ninety attidavits have been filed in
me Case OF Schwartz and Watt, the
Rock Island robbers, on the motion
Tor a new trial.
Cooperative insurance In Mime
sofa has been branded as unworthy
Of patronage by the insurance com
missioner OF that state.
Fanny Murray, Is years old, was
dragged half a mile by a runaway
pony, at Stonewall, Col, and killed
The girl was from Boston.
Walter NroOman, q Kansas City
SOCialistiC agitator, was arrested in
Pittsburg tor terming the United
States flag rag tied to a pole"
J. f. Matthews & Co., wholesale
dealers in curled hair, Canal Street,
Chicago, were burned out on the 9th.
Their loss is placed at $4,000, with
S25, 900 insurance.
Fire at Holland, Manitoba, de-
stroyed property valued at S12O, 600.
Thirty buildings on Main Street,
Minot, ID. T.. were burned on the 9th.
The burned structures comprised
nearly half the village. Loss $4,000;
no Insurance.
\ Washington dispatch says the
navy department Is considering q plan
for the construction OF number OF
small gunbOats for use on the lakes.
Ic Ordsrnot TO infringe upon the exist
ing treaty agreements with Great
Britain, the boats viii be kept on the
stocks till needed.
SIX prisoners escaped from the
Frauklin County jail, at Columbus,
O., on the night Of the 9th, by saving
off the bars to Il window. They were
ell under indictment but none had
had their trials The only first degree
murder man did not escape. The work
was planned by g priSoaer who has
since been transferred to the peniten-
tiary.
E1gland has declined to participate
in the French exposition Of 1889, but
will give every facility to intending
English exhibitors.
The steamer La Champagne collided
with the steamer Vile de Rio near
Havre. ThTty-fve Italian steerage
passengers drowned.